Game



Jan. 1,1924 1,479,460

A. P. DRAPER GAME Filed Feb. 18. 1922 Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

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time@ ARTHUR 1P. IJRAVLPIER', OF LEBANON, ,MISSOURL GAME.

Application mea February 1s, 1922. semi No; 537,432.

i7 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatLiRTHUn P. DRAPER, a citizen of the United States,residingat the city of Lebanon, county of Laclede, and

Sta-telef Missouri, have invented a certain'.

new and useful Improvement in Games, of which .the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto. the accompanying drawings, forming` parti of this application.

This invention relates to games, and more particularly to baseballgames.

The objects of my invention are: to Yprovide a game of the classdescribed which is inexpensive to manufacture, can beeasily operated andreadily understood, and r*which will as closely as possible approximatethe plays of the actual game.

1 operative relation with the marks ofthe re- Still further objects'ofmy invention are i to provide a game board havinga plurality ofplay-indicating marks arranged thereon, which marks are divided intogroups, each group being referable to a certain playerV and the marks ofeach group being in comaining groups whereby when a mark of one group isselected to indicate the fate of a player at bat-,those marks of theremain` ing groups which are in co-operative rela'- tion or alinementywith the selected mark are used to determine movements or fates of theother players. Y

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and' arrangements of parts hereinaftermore fully described and illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- 'f Figure 1 is a plan view of the game.

Figure 2 is 'a vertical cross-section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. j

Figure 3 is a perspective detail view ofa member designed to b eprojected Yonto said board. A

Figure 4 is a detail view of a miniature batv used to actuatetheprojecting means.

Y into spaces 16.

Figure 5 is a detail view of one of fthe counters or play recordingobjects.

TEP T: .rice v Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, l()indicates a board prefer-V ably reinforced by a frame a, and provided onits upper face with a marked portion 11. i This. marked portionfll isdivided longi* tudinally byk lines 12 into four columns 14, marked .A,13, C and 1), respectively.

And each column is marked at the top and bottom to Vindicate itsreference to certain" players. The vmarks atl the the( columns .governthe fielding players; column? A, being' marked baseman Right fielde'im;column'B, Second vbaseman Center fielder; column C, y,

Short stop, column`D,Third Pitcher basemanv Left elder. Thel marks atthe bottom of each column Vindicate the battingV team or players, asfollows :column A Batter, column B, Runnerfonffirstj column 0,Runn'er onsecond and column D, Runner on third. rIhefportion 11 is also providedat suitable'intervalslwith a pluralityV of transverse lines v whichintersect at right angles lines 12 Lines 15 and spaces 16are'suitablyinarked to indicate ipossible plays and, preferably,"`

probable plays of the actual game." The marks l5 and 16 of each columnor group are in horizontal alinement or COoperative tops of First anddivide each ycolumn relation with the marks of Vthe remaining'. *i

columns, so that when playing the game, al

mark in one column is rselected in any suitable manner, such as byprojecting an object f onto the vmarked portion 11.'V Those marks:

on the remaining columns'which are. in lhori-` zontal alinement orcooperative re'lation with the selected mark are used' tov determine themovements or; fates ofv sucli players on the batting side as areoccupying the bases. These cooperating marks are referable tothe playersby'means of the marks placed at the top and 14.

Suitably located on face 11 are compar atively large circles 17 markedHome run;

andsmaller circles 18, marked 3 base hit. A diamond 19 having the usualhome plate and base plates is arranged Vonface 11 adf jacent to theforward end of the board Yand in a central position with respectrtocolumns lli.V A. projecting or dischargingjmember 20, having dependingside portions 21, is4v pivotally mounted by means of pins r rivets'VAico bottomjof each column lill I.. move upwardly and 22 on the upwardlypresented lugsor ears 23 of plate 2a, which latter is Y,fixed .to 'theboard forwardly or" the home plate of diamond 19. This projecting memberor lever 2O is unbalanced so thatits ends which is remote Vfrom themarked face 11 is depressed and rests on board 10. Y

A suitable pocket or eseat 25, formed fby pressing upwardly the marginalportion, is arranged on the lever 2O for the reception of a fiat disk 27which in the present instance represents a baseball, and this disk risdesigned to be used asthe play indicating or determining member. t.

A seriesof markers or counters 28, preferably representing players inaction, is provided vwith each game, and the markers are arranged Ito beplaced Yinthe proper position on the diamondin vorder to indicate andrecord the progress Aof the game. Lever vis preferably actuated by meansof Ya bat 29 which is vused to strikethe raised end of lever 20, th-usactuating the latter Lon its pivots 21 and causing its depressed end toy flischarge disk 27 onto the marked field or face 11. l Y

In operating my game apparatus, the rules of the lregular game arefollowed. VIn the present instance, the game apparatus is designed for.use as a baseball game, and the countin-gof strikes, balls, etc., lisdone in accordance with the rules controlling'the regularzbaseball game.f

VIn playing the game, :the player places disk 2f?Y in the seat 25 oflever 20. The player then actuates said lever by tapping or strikingsharply the raised .end thereof with his finger, or, preferably, bymeans of' the bat 29. V*This causes the depressed end having pocket 25tomove upwardly and discharge` disk y27 which is projected outwardly andfalls on the marked lface or field 11 of the board 10. The mark of oneoft' thek lines 15 or one of kthe spaces 16 or circles 17 or 18 at whichthe diskcomes lto restdeterminesfthe play. VFor instance, ifthe diskoccupies one of the spaces marked in colunm Y A, 1 .base hit ythekplayer places one ofthe f eo counters 28 ion the first baseofi-.diamond 19. If therev was-a runner on the iirstf base.l byconsulting that mark of ycolumn B which-is opposite to .or in coopertiverelation with Vthe mark l base hit on column enit will be noted that.this space is marked Advance indicating that the ruimer is to beadvanced to second base, while the batter is moved. to first base.Suppose in the next operation., disk 27 comes to rest in fa space markedunder column A 2 base hit.7V vBy examining column B, it will be foundthat the space registering with mark 2 basehit7 marked Caught at platerzconsequently the runner at first base is'out. By lexamining column C, itwill be noted that the space alined with the mark .-2 base hit is markedScoreV Therefore, the runner who was occupying l.on a certain linemarked under column A Ball This means one ball in the batters favor. ABy examining-.the columns, it will be' found that under column B therunner on first holds his base, under .column 1C, ,the

runner on second was caught napping,V and j in A.column D,it will benoted 4that the runner onthi-rd holds his base.y The .point bei-ng Vthat`each projection of :the ball or disk 27 onto `the field Y11 affects any.player indicated in the particular column governing his movement ,ori'at'e; and if thereiis no player,

no attention ,paidto-.the column governing In the matterof acceptsanderrors by :theY fielding team, the columnthedisk comes :to Y

rest in decides who gets ithe credit orthe blame. If it is.anioutfield-play, the column indicates what` outfielder Ymade :the Yplay. lian infield play, the column shown which infielder made Vtheplay. `A ball lor disk-27 f resting on Voneofthe longitudinal ',lines1-2 counts for vthe pitcher. l

My improved game Vis lig-ht in weight,

occupies very little space, and can be manu-9 factured at a small cost.

while i have Shown and deseaba@ the Y preferred form of my invention,Vit'iseobvious that various changes gin the size, shapeVand-arrangements of marks could ,rbe madeV and vsubstituted for thoseherein shown.

What I claim is: i

1. A `game comprising'ay board provided with -a plural-ity of 'playdirecting marks `a1"- ranged in pa-rallel groups, individual marksarranged on said board adjacent fto eachV` group whereby each groupisreferable to yadefi-nite player, there V'being a playingiiield ofconventional baseball form 'arrangedqonsaid board and containing aplurality .of stations Vwhereon a plurality lof players lare operativelyassociated,- play-recorfding neunters arranged-Y to be kplaced on saidfield in i accordance with the progress ofv the play, aVV

lever pivotallymountedlon said board and having one end provided @withaseat, ,and a fiat member adapted to fbe placed'on' said seat, wherebywhen vsaidleveris actuated said fiat member is discharged onto :saidboard and the play is determined in :accordance with the mark at whichsaid member comes to rest. v

2. A. game 4comprising ,1 aboard provided with -a plurality of playldirecting marks arranged in groups, `said groups being `arranged inparallel rows, individual marks adjacent .to each group vwhereby .eachgroup is referable to a definite player, a series ofV spaces arranged onsaid board independently of said groups, andprovided :withccr-I tainother play directing marks, a playing f upwardly projecting marginalflange to eld of conventional baseball form on said form a seat, and adisk adapted to be placed board arrangedcentrally with respect to onsaid seat and designed when the lever is said groups and containing aplurality of actuated to be discharged onto said boardV operativelyassociated, a plate fixed on said mark at which the disk comes to rest.board adjacent to said playing field and said In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my play directing marks and provided with upsignaturethis 13th day of February, 1922. wardly projecting lugs, a leverpivotally Sup- 1u ported on said lugs and provided with an ARTHUR P.DRAPER.

o stations whereon a plurality of players are whereby the play isdetermined by 'the 15g

